Amber Labs
Senior AWS Database Administrator (PostgreSQL)
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Senior AWS Database Administrator (PostgreSQL)
Amber Labs | Permanent Hybrid (London) with ad-hoc travel to client sites Active SC Clearance & NPPV3 Required
About Amber Labs
Amber Labs is a fast-growing UK technology consultancy delivering digital transformation across enterprise, government and regulated sectors. We specialise in cloud, data, software engineering, user-centred design and AI, helping organisations deliver better services through modern technology and agile ways of working.
We're currently supporting the delivery of a critical UK Government digital transformation programme and are looking for an experienced Senior AWS Database Administrator (PostgreSQL) to join our growing engineering team.
This role will support the delivery of highly available, secure and resilient cloud database platforms that underpin mission-critical public sector services.
The Role
As a Senior Database Administrator, you will provide technical leadership across the design, implementation and operation of enterprise database platforms hosted within AWS. Working as the database subject matter expert, you'll play a key role in shaping database architecture, improving platform resilience and ensuring the availability, performance and security of business-critical systems.
Working within multidisciplinary agile teams, you'll collaborate closely with architects, software engineers, cloud engineers and operational teams to deliver scalable, cloud-native database solutions. You'll be responsible for driving best practice across database design, performance optimisation, disaster recovery and operational resilience while providing hands-on support for complex production environments.
Key Responsibilities
Database Architecture & Design
- Design, implement and maintain enterprise database solutions using AWS Aurora, Amazon RDS and PostgreSQL
- Develop and maintain database schemas, data models, indexing strategies and database standards
- Contribute to architecture reviews, technical governance and design authority activities
- Ensure database platforms are secure, scalable and aligned with architectural best practice
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Performance, Resilience & Recovery
- Optimise database performance through query tuning, execution plan analysis and configuration improvements
- Design and implement highly available database platforms with robust resilience and disaster recovery capabilities
- Define, implement and regularly test backup, recovery, replication and failover processes
- Support business continuity planning through resilient database architecture and operational readiness
Operational Support & Continuous Improvement
- Provide hands-on troubleshooting and resolution of complex production database issues
- Lead data reconciliation, integrity validation and root cause analysis of data discrepancies
- Manage database upgrades, patching, monitoring, security and capacity planning
- Produce and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures and database standards
Collaboration & Technical Leadership
- Work closely with architects, developers, cloud engineers and delivery teams to deliver reliable cloud database platforms
- Provide technical leadership and database expertise across multidisciplinary teams
- Support continuous improvement initiatives across database engineering and cloud infrastructure
- Promote engineering best practice, automation and operational excellence throughout the programme
Essential Skills & Experience
- Active SC Clearance and NPPV3
- Proven experience as a Senior Database Administrator or Database Engineer within large-scale enterprise environments
- Expert knowledge of AWS Aurora, Amazon RDS and PostgreSQL
- Strong experience designing highly available, resilient database platforms
- Extensive SQL development, query optimisation and database performance tuning experience
- Strong understanding of database schema design, indexing and data modelling
- Experience implementing backup, recovery, replication, failover and disaster recovery solutions
- Hands-on experience troubleshooting complex production database environments
- Experience delivering data reconciliation, data validation and data quality activities
- Strong knowledge of AWS services including IAM, CloudWatch, KMS, VPC and Secrets Manager
- Experience using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and/or CloudFormation
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication and problem-solving skills
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Desirable Skills
- AWS Certified Database – Specialty or AWS Solutions Architect certification
- Experience with MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB or Redis
- Experience working within highly regulated or UK public sector environments
What We Offer
- 25 days annual leave plus public holidays, giving you time to properly switch off and recharge
- Private medical insurance with Bupa
- Remote-first working, with access to our Liverpool Street office when you want to collaborate in person
- Personal training budget to support your professional development
- Perkbox membership, with access to discounts across retail, travel, dining, wellness and entertainment
- Electric Vehicle Scheme after one year of service
- Regular team socials and opportunities to connect across the business
- Employer pension contributions
- Referral scheme, offering up to £3,000 for successful hires
- The opportunity to join a growing consultancy early and genuinely influence its direction and success
Amber Labs is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, regardless of background, identity or experience.
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